“I am asking that a special prosecutor be appointed immediately, not Anita Alvarez, but a special prosecutor look into this case immediately because there’s no question in my mind that criminal acts were committed,” Oppenheimer said.

Oppenheimer is a former prosecutor. He says the video shows an execution before a trial.

“What I saw were these police officers murder this kid. That’s what I saw. And if he was in a stolen car? That’s for the court system. It is a property crime. It is a property crime, and the last time I checked the statute, it did not carry the penalty of death,” he said.

Activist Ja’Mal Green is working with the family and says this killing undermines the effort to repair the relationship between the police department and the black community.

“They want us to be held accountable in our communities and break our code of silence,” Green says. “We want that for the police department as well. And then we can start building that relationship like we should.”

The O’Neal family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city saying O’Neal was wrongfully killed.

Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said he was disturbed by the video and has stripped three offices of their police powers, as the incident is being investigated.